Pass labs XA60.5 anything wrong with them.


These amps, more often than other (pass lab amps) appear in the used market, from what I have observed.

I am considering getting one for my system (after listening of course). Moving up from an integrated, but as a noob, wondering why so many are in the used market.
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She's right. I know 2 audiophiles that lost their lives with those damn XA60.5's. One minute its just sitting there floating calmly between your speakers, and without realizing it, the amp slips out of balance and starts spinning. It rips the speaker cables out of the binding posts and takes your head off just like a big weed whacker. I've seen pics of incidents involving double bi wiring and the images are horrific. Stay away from those amps. Its not worth the risk.
I had some different model Pass amps and I thought the power rating was very conservative. I had the Aleph 0 rated at 40 watts/ch. It was a while ago, but it had no problem driving my B&W 802 s3's in a medium size room at fairly high volumes. At the time, I was interested in a Krell KAV 250 and had that in my system, as well. That was a nice amp too, but I ended up keeping the Pass. Power wasn't an issue.